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Old 11-10-2016, 11:29 AM   #85
sir_pudding
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Default Re: Some questions about the Soldier skill

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
This would make all experienced soldiers really good at Influencing other military people. That seems to conflate the skill of the archetypes of the 'technical' military person and the 'social' military person. Is this a desirable effect in your campaigns? I'm not sure whether I would want that in mine.
Like I said there's a big gap between knowing how to wear a uniform specific to you and how to perform the bare minimum courtesies versus knowing how to arrange an armistice or how to convince the Joint Chiefs that you ought to given the command of a theater of war. Most service personnel can do the former tasks adequately but would be unprepared for the latter ones.
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